Alex Hornest aka Onesto and Claudio Ethos make some great collaborations. Their contrasting styles fit together like two puzzle pieces. Here are two of their latest pieces painted together in São Paulo, Brazil.

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Photos by Ethos

Ranging from the playful to the mournful, the cast of characters gracing the walls of  São Paulo always intrigues. Here’s a sampling:

Onesto, photo by Lois Stavsky

Ricardo AKN, photo by Lois Stavsky

Ethos, photo by Sara Mozeson

Sinhá, photo by Lois Stavsky

Nove, photo by Lois Stavsky

Magrella, photo by Lois Stavsky

I love this piece by Alex Hornest. The colors are awesome and he uses the corner so well!

If you’re in Sao Paulo, Alex has a solo show on right now called Animais de Concreto at Cavalera ART PROJECTS. The works I’ve seen from it look really good. I’ve included one below.

The show runs through November 30. Find out more here.

- Elisa

Photo by FernandoGomes0301.

Claudio Ethos has sent me some pics of his latest works in São Paulo, Brazil. The detail and technique on these are pretty damn impressive.

And this one is a collaboration with Alex Hornest aka Onesto:

Blu has been busy in the Colombian capital lately for Memoria Canalla, a project organized by Bastardilla and Stinkfish. Martha Cooper and Onesto, who both traveled to the city in September, are amongst others who have participated.

Photos from Blu’s blog

Some pics from the R.U.A. Festival in Rotterdam.

Onesto

Dalata and Gais

Dalata

Speto

Photos by Seth Nicolas.

Elisa x

This is a guest post by Elisa Carmichael. Elisa also writes for Slamxhype and works at The Carmichael Gallery.

You may know Brazilian artist Alex Hornest better as Onesto, the name he first used when painting on the streets with Os Gemeos and Vitche over a decade ago. Alex tends to use his real name in gallery shows these days, where he displays his amazing sculpture, canvas, and mixed media work. His next solo show opens in Sao Paulo on July 4th at Galeria Thomas Cohn. Judging by the flyer and what he’s done in the past, this is a show worth paying attention to.

While it’s tough to understand if you don’t speak Portuguese, the clip video below is definitely worth a watch to learn more about Alex. The interview is interspersed with clips of him painting a street piece as well as examples of other work around Sao Paulo.
Alex is also featured in this month’s issue of Juxtapoz.

LoisInWonderland has nearly 600 photos on her flickr of street art in Bogotá, the capital of Colombia. The art here looks amazing, and LoisInWonderland has done an amazing job photographing so much of it. Here are a couple of highlights from her photos:

Work by Onesto

More photos after the jump…

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